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SAP Solution Brief SAP Services System Landscape Optimization
Data Migration Service offering for SaP® erP HcM
REALIzIng A STRATEgIC And BuSInESS-ORIEnTEd HCM SOLuTIOn
Legal requirements and new strategic directions may call for transformation within the SAP® ERP Human Capital Management solution. The System Landscape Optimization group provides services to help you implement a best-in-class structure that safeguards your data while addressing your business needs.
Companies face challenges that not only affect their strategic direction and organizational structure but also impact their SAP® ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solution. The following business scenarios may require you to transform your SAP ERP HCM solution: • Expanding into new business areas as a result of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) • Focusing on core competencies by divesting • Increasing efficiency by streamlining internal processes • Improving cost structure through value chain optimization If any of these scenarios reflect your current situation, the System Landscape Optimization group from SAP Consulting can offer you high-quality and proven service offerings to tackle your challenge.
internal processes. Your company may want to make better use of synergies along the existing value chain. The creation of a leaner data center environment and the consolidation of your hardware – going hand in hand with a reduction of maintenance cost – can lead to the decision to refocus and opt for a single, centralized HCM solution. Major advantages of such a transformation can be seen in the overall improvement of your company’s headcount reporting, increased transparency, and better alignment of technical processes. Furthermore, you can also optimize your HCM solution through the introduction of a stand-alone HCM system. By doing so, the perpetually recurring implementation of support and enhancement packages will not affect other applications, and you can benefit from greater upgrade and technological flexibility.
Reflecting Business Changes in Your IT Landscape
One of your major goals during an M&A, divestment, or optimization scenario is the full integration and adaptation of your existing HCM data. However, different scenarios require different approaches. The most common transformation requirement in an M&A scenario is the establishment of a corporate HCM system. All existing HCM data from formerly distributed systems needs to be taken into account for the final merge process to help ensure complete data quality and security, the continuation of all business processes, and overall legal compliance.
Generating Value for Your Business
In today’s globalized and deregulated markets, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and optimization of internal processes tend to play an increasingly more important role. These may not only affect your overall business but might require a restructuring or redesign of your SAP ERP HCM solution. The complete redesign of your product and service portfolio, the necessity to increase your profitability, or your vision to foster innovation and specialization can require the restructuring of your
In a divestiture scenario, the transformation requirements may focus on splitting the divested HCM data. The data of the sold business unit needs to be securely separated, fully validated, and handed over to the new owner. The remaining HCM data can then be deleted from the seller’s HCM solution. In an optimization scenario for creating a stand-alone HCM system, the main challenge is to copy and migrate all relevant HCM data. After the productive migration, you can delete selected HCM data in the source system to eliminate data redundancy and enhance data security. Each of these business scenarios calls for in-depth preparation, extensive testing, involvement of your auditors, and a well-prepared dress rehearsal to secure the envisioned business value.
System Landscape Source system SAP® R/3® 4.6c SAP ERP FI CO MM 2 HCM nn Sd 1 Target system SAP ECC 6.0 SAP ERP
Comprehensive Services for SAP ERP HCM Migration Projects
For HCM-related business transformation scenarios requiring data migration activities, the System Landscape Optimization group offers a comprehensive set of services. unification of two or more systems running SAP ERP HCM can be achieved via the SAP ERP HCM merge service. This service includes all objects in the SAP ERP HCM solution and the SAP ERP application that are relevant for your merge project, such as personnel areas and personnel numbers, employee groups, wage types, and other objects.
If your objective is to establish a standalone system running SAP ERP HCM or to heighten the overall technological flexibility of your future stand-alone system (with regard to support packages, enhancement packages, and upgrades), we offer the SAP ERP HCM carve-out service (see Figure 1). Within the context of the carve-out service, we can also support you in deleting obsolete HCM data. In case of a reverse scenario, where a stand-alone SAP ERP HCM solution has to be integrated into your existing SAP ERP application, experts from the System Landscape Optimization group offer a specialized SAP ERP HCM integration service. If you face a divestiture, the group offers the SAP ERP HCM split service, which can help you realize a quick and smooth setup of a new legal entity.
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Setup of an empty target system containing repository and client-independent configuration Execution of SAP ERP HCM carve-out service by the System Landscape Optimization group using migration technology Setup of ALE distribution models required for integration of business processes between SAP ERP and SAP ERP HCM deletion of redundant HCM data in source system Continuation of business processes based on a consistent HCM data set with preserved data history in a stand-alone system for SAP ERP HCM
Figure 1: SAP® ERP HCM Carve-Out Service from the System Landscape Optimization Group
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Source system SAP R/3 4.6c SAP ERP FI CO MM 4 HCM nn Sd 3
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Target system 5 SAP ECC 6.0 SAP ERP
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SAP ERP HCM
ALE FI CO Sd MM nn
= application link enabling = financials = controlling = sales and distribution = materials management = other SAP ERP functionality
Experienced Consultants and State-of-the-Art Technology
Every IT landscape transformation project bears enormous risks for your overall business. Therefore you are well advised to ensure a quality and secure IT transformation. The System Landscape Optimization group, with its extensive experience in SAP ERP HCM data migrations and conversions, gives you the opportunity to discuss, plan, and securely execute your project. The group’s approach and methodologies are based on proven technologies and encompass prefigured, reusable, and configurable data sets that allow an easier implementation of updates on the database level and support the integration of customer-specific developments. However, the most distinctive feature of the SAP ERP HCM service offerings can be seen in the ability to migrate and convert HCM data while retaining historical data and data consistency, which is a prerequisite for retroactive payroll runs, for example.
After the quotation is signed, experts from the System Landscape Optimization group perform a kick-off workshop with you and assist in drawing up a project plan. The planning and project preparation phase is followed by the system preparation phase, which includes setting up the test system and applying the required migration and conversion technologies. The next phase is the performing of test cycles. The cycles involve an in-depth and reiterative validation process and offer room for adaptation. When the test results have reached a satisfactory state, SAP experts switch from the test environment to the production environment to start the productive migration, which requires system downtime. Most customers opt to perform the productive migration on a weekend or during a holiday to affect daily business
Planning
as little as possible and best utilize the required system downtime phase. Project duration varies with the amount of data, current configuration settings, and overall system performance. The System Landscape Optimization group conducts a large part of the production work via a remote connection. Through every phase of the project, you have dedicated contact persons from the System Landscape Optimization group with extensive project and application experience who assist your project team and you. Consultants are also available after the project for postevaluation activities and follow-up projects.
Find Out More
For more information about the System Landscape Optimization group, visit the SAP Service Marketplace extranet at www.service.sap.com/slo or contact the group at [email protected].
Holistic Project Approach
The group’s services cover every step of the transformation, consolidation, and migration of your SAP ERP HCM solution. An overview of the general project process, phases, and responsibilities is shown in Figure 2. SAP recommends that you begin the planning and project preparation phase by completing a questionnaire and meeting (by phone or in person) with representatives from the System Landscape Optimization group. This helps to determine the feasibility of the migration, establishes the time and cost of the project, and provides the basis for the project quotation.
System and project preparation
• Discuss project tasks and responsibilities: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Create a detailed project plan: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Set up test systems: Customer • Harmonize systems: Customer • Build mapping and prepare tests: Customer • Deliver migration and conversion tool: System Landscape Optimization group • Configure migration and conversion tool: System Landscape Optimization group • Run analyses and execute data migration or conversion: System Landscape Optimization group • Test migration or conversion results: Customer • Confirm success of tests: Customer • Prepare the production migration or conversion: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Run live migration or conversion on the weekend: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group
Test cycles
Going live
Figure 2: Project Phases and Responsibilities
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Summary Human capital management (HCM) data is vital to the smooth and successful operation of your overall business. Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, the need to optimize your company’s internal processes, or the intention to better use synergies along the existing value chain may call for an adaptation of your SAP® ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solution. Many companies opt for establishing a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM to improve the technological and upgrade flexibility of the whole IT landscape. The experts of the System Landscape Optimization group from SAP Consulting provide well-proven services for any type of HCM-related business transformation scenarios. The group uses tried and tested methodologies and technologies to help you realize your IT transformation project securely, reliably, and efficiently. Business Challenges • Adapt your SAP ERP HCM solution to new strategic directions and changing legal requirements • Ensure quick and consistent migration of HCM data • Minimize risks to your business associated with the migration of HCM data Key Features • unification of two or more systems running SAP ERP HCM covering all HCM- and ERP-related objects • Establishment of a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM • Integration of a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM into an existing SAP ERP application • Splitting of an SAP ERP HCM solution Business Benefits • Sustained, undisrupted business operations throughout all project phases thanks to well-proven and standardized technologies and methodologies • Greater ability to meet legal and regulatory requirements through master-data consistency and retention of historical data • Greater technological and upgrade flexibility by establishing a stand-alone SAP ERP HCM solution • Improved reporting on and transparency into your company’s HCM data by establishing a single, centralized SAP ERP HCM solution For More Information If you are interested in our service offerings and would like to receive further information, visit us at www.service.sap.com/slo or contact us at [email protected].
50 102 237 (10/10) ©2010 SAP Ag. All rights reserved. SAP, R/3, SAP netWeaver, duet, PartnerEdge, Bydesign, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP Ag in germany and other countries. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects Software Ltd. in the united States and in other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. data contained in this document serves informational purposes only. national product specifications may vary. These materials are subject to change without notice. These materials are provided by SAP Ag and its affiliated companies (“SAP group”) for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP group shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP group products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.
Data Migration Service offering for SaP® erP HcM
REALIzIng A STRATEgIC And BuSInESS-ORIEnTEd HCM SOLuTIOn
Legal requirements and new strategic directions may call for transformation within the SAP® ERP Human Capital Management solution. The System Landscape Optimization group provides services to help you implement a best-in-class structure that safeguards your data while addressing your business needs.
Companies face challenges that not only affect their strategic direction and organizational structure but also impact their SAP® ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solution. The following business scenarios may require you to transform your SAP ERP HCM solution: • Expanding into new business areas as a result of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) • Focusing on core competencies by divesting • Increasing efficiency by streamlining internal processes • Improving cost structure through value chain optimization If any of these scenarios reflect your current situation, the System Landscape Optimization group from SAP Consulting can offer you high-quality and proven service offerings to tackle your challenge.
internal processes. Your company may want to make better use of synergies along the existing value chain. The creation of a leaner data center environment and the consolidation of your hardware – going hand in hand with a reduction of maintenance cost – can lead to the decision to refocus and opt for a single, centralized HCM solution. Major advantages of such a transformation can be seen in the overall improvement of your company’s headcount reporting, increased transparency, and better alignment of technical processes. Furthermore, you can also optimize your HCM solution through the introduction of a stand-alone HCM system. By doing so, the perpetually recurring implementation of support and enhancement packages will not affect other applications, and you can benefit from greater upgrade and technological flexibility.
Reflecting Business Changes in Your IT Landscape
One of your major goals during an M&A, divestment, or optimization scenario is the full integration and adaptation of your existing HCM data. However, different scenarios require different approaches. The most common transformation requirement in an M&A scenario is the establishment of a corporate HCM system. All existing HCM data from formerly distributed systems needs to be taken into account for the final merge process to help ensure complete data quality and security, the continuation of all business processes, and overall legal compliance.
Generating Value for Your Business
In today’s globalized and deregulated markets, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and optimization of internal processes tend to play an increasingly more important role. These may not only affect your overall business but might require a restructuring or redesign of your SAP ERP HCM solution. The complete redesign of your product and service portfolio, the necessity to increase your profitability, or your vision to foster innovation and specialization can require the restructuring of your
In a divestiture scenario, the transformation requirements may focus on splitting the divested HCM data. The data of the sold business unit needs to be securely separated, fully validated, and handed over to the new owner. The remaining HCM data can then be deleted from the seller’s HCM solution. In an optimization scenario for creating a stand-alone HCM system, the main challenge is to copy and migrate all relevant HCM data. After the productive migration, you can delete selected HCM data in the source system to eliminate data redundancy and enhance data security. Each of these business scenarios calls for in-depth preparation, extensive testing, involvement of your auditors, and a well-prepared dress rehearsal to secure the envisioned business value.
System Landscape Source system SAP® R/3® 4.6c SAP ERP FI CO MM 2 HCM nn Sd 1 Target system SAP ECC 6.0 SAP ERP
Comprehensive Services for SAP ERP HCM Migration Projects
For HCM-related business transformation scenarios requiring data migration activities, the System Landscape Optimization group offers a comprehensive set of services. unification of two or more systems running SAP ERP HCM can be achieved via the SAP ERP HCM merge service. This service includes all objects in the SAP ERP HCM solution and the SAP ERP application that are relevant for your merge project, such as personnel areas and personnel numbers, employee groups, wage types, and other objects.
If your objective is to establish a standalone system running SAP ERP HCM or to heighten the overall technological flexibility of your future stand-alone system (with regard to support packages, enhancement packages, and upgrades), we offer the SAP ERP HCM carve-out service (see Figure 1). Within the context of the carve-out service, we can also support you in deleting obsolete HCM data. In case of a reverse scenario, where a stand-alone SAP ERP HCM solution has to be integrated into your existing SAP ERP application, experts from the System Landscape Optimization group offer a specialized SAP ERP HCM integration service. If you face a divestiture, the group offers the SAP ERP HCM split service, which can help you realize a quick and smooth setup of a new legal entity.
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Setup of an empty target system containing repository and client-independent configuration Execution of SAP ERP HCM carve-out service by the System Landscape Optimization group using migration technology Setup of ALE distribution models required for integration of business processes between SAP ERP and SAP ERP HCM deletion of redundant HCM data in source system Continuation of business processes based on a consistent HCM data set with preserved data history in a stand-alone system for SAP ERP HCM
Figure 1: SAP® ERP HCM Carve-Out Service from the System Landscape Optimization Group
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Source system SAP R/3 4.6c SAP ERP FI CO MM 4 HCM nn Sd 3
ALE
Target system 5 SAP ECC 6.0 SAP ERP
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SAP ERP HCM
ALE FI CO Sd MM nn
= application link enabling = financials = controlling = sales and distribution = materials management = other SAP ERP functionality
Experienced Consultants and State-of-the-Art Technology
Every IT landscape transformation project bears enormous risks for your overall business. Therefore you are well advised to ensure a quality and secure IT transformation. The System Landscape Optimization group, with its extensive experience in SAP ERP HCM data migrations and conversions, gives you the opportunity to discuss, plan, and securely execute your project. The group’s approach and methodologies are based on proven technologies and encompass prefigured, reusable, and configurable data sets that allow an easier implementation of updates on the database level and support the integration of customer-specific developments. However, the most distinctive feature of the SAP ERP HCM service offerings can be seen in the ability to migrate and convert HCM data while retaining historical data and data consistency, which is a prerequisite for retroactive payroll runs, for example.
After the quotation is signed, experts from the System Landscape Optimization group perform a kick-off workshop with you and assist in drawing up a project plan. The planning and project preparation phase is followed by the system preparation phase, which includes setting up the test system and applying the required migration and conversion technologies. The next phase is the performing of test cycles. The cycles involve an in-depth and reiterative validation process and offer room for adaptation. When the test results have reached a satisfactory state, SAP experts switch from the test environment to the production environment to start the productive migration, which requires system downtime. Most customers opt to perform the productive migration on a weekend or during a holiday to affect daily business
Planning
as little as possible and best utilize the required system downtime phase. Project duration varies with the amount of data, current configuration settings, and overall system performance. The System Landscape Optimization group conducts a large part of the production work via a remote connection. Through every phase of the project, you have dedicated contact persons from the System Landscape Optimization group with extensive project and application experience who assist your project team and you. Consultants are also available after the project for postevaluation activities and follow-up projects.
Find Out More
For more information about the System Landscape Optimization group, visit the SAP Service Marketplace extranet at www.service.sap.com/slo or contact the group at [email protected].
Holistic Project Approach
The group’s services cover every step of the transformation, consolidation, and migration of your SAP ERP HCM solution. An overview of the general project process, phases, and responsibilities is shown in Figure 2. SAP recommends that you begin the planning and project preparation phase by completing a questionnaire and meeting (by phone or in person) with representatives from the System Landscape Optimization group. This helps to determine the feasibility of the migration, establishes the time and cost of the project, and provides the basis for the project quotation.
System and project preparation
• Discuss project tasks and responsibilities: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Create a detailed project plan: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Set up test systems: Customer • Harmonize systems: Customer • Build mapping and prepare tests: Customer • Deliver migration and conversion tool: System Landscape Optimization group • Configure migration and conversion tool: System Landscape Optimization group • Run analyses and execute data migration or conversion: System Landscape Optimization group • Test migration or conversion results: Customer • Confirm success of tests: Customer • Prepare the production migration or conversion: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group • Run live migration or conversion on the weekend: Customer and System Landscape Optimization group
Test cycles
Going live
Figure 2: Project Phases and Responsibilities
Quick factS
www.sap.com /contactsap
Summary Human capital management (HCM) data is vital to the smooth and successful operation of your overall business. Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, the need to optimize your company’s internal processes, or the intention to better use synergies along the existing value chain may call for an adaptation of your SAP® ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solution. Many companies opt for establishing a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM to improve the technological and upgrade flexibility of the whole IT landscape. The experts of the System Landscape Optimization group from SAP Consulting provide well-proven services for any type of HCM-related business transformation scenarios. The group uses tried and tested methodologies and technologies to help you realize your IT transformation project securely, reliably, and efficiently. Business Challenges • Adapt your SAP ERP HCM solution to new strategic directions and changing legal requirements • Ensure quick and consistent migration of HCM data • Minimize risks to your business associated with the migration of HCM data Key Features • unification of two or more systems running SAP ERP HCM covering all HCM- and ERP-related objects • Establishment of a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM • Integration of a stand-alone system running SAP ERP HCM into an existing SAP ERP application • Splitting of an SAP ERP HCM solution Business Benefits • Sustained, undisrupted business operations throughout all project phases thanks to well-proven and standardized technologies and methodologies • Greater ability to meet legal and regulatory requirements through master-data consistency and retention of historical data • Greater technological and upgrade flexibility by establishing a stand-alone SAP ERP HCM solution • Improved reporting on and transparency into your company’s HCM data by establishing a single, centralized SAP ERP HCM solution For More Information If you are interested in our service offerings and would like to receive further information, visit us at www.service.sap.com/slo or contact us at [email protected].
50 102 237 (10/10) ©2010 SAP Ag. All rights reserved. SAP, R/3, SAP netWeaver, duet, PartnerEdge, Bydesign, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP Ag in germany and other countries. Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects Software Ltd. in the united States and in other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies. data contained in this document serves informational purposes only. national product specifications may vary. These materials are subject to change without notice. These materials are provided by SAP Ag and its affiliated companies (“SAP group”) for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP group shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP group products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.
